- to die; to pass away
- to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
- to cease; to stop
Godan verb with 'nu' ending; irregular nu verb; intransitive verb
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- to die; to pass away
- to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
- to cease; to stop
This is the most common meaning of the verb "死ぬ". It is used to express the action of dying or passing away.
This meaning of "死ぬ" is used to describe a loss of spirit or vigor, making one seem lifeless or dead-like.
In some contexts, "死ぬ" can be used to indicate something has ceased or stopped, such as a machine or an activity.
Example sentences
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I'll kill you! Knock your block off and grind you underfoot! You shithead! Die!
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.
To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?
"Ah, this is my idiot son Takashi" "Eh-er, yes. (The late) Takashi, right?" "Fuusy, he isn't dead yet! Probably."
That's pitiful ... don't put on such a death-bed voice from just a body slam.